Quallifying
Posted: Mon Jan 25, 2010 5:31 pm
Was originally going to post in the FBM thread, but it gets a bit off topic........
Hey,
Been a slow day at work so had some time to think and wanted to raise a point to discuss.
With the qualifying the way it is, what is the incentive for someone to post a fast lap if they know its not going to be fast enough to take pole? The way it is, if I know I'm not going to be fast enough to get pole and take a point, I may as well sandbag and go for a slow time to start at the front of the grid. I think a reverse grid is great for the second race in a two race sprint series like we have in the final two rounds. First race should be qualifying order, and second reverse grid of first race result.
Alternatively, if we keep the way we are running now, perhaps have a few rules to help prevent people driving slow to get a good position. These are just suggestions:
1. Perhaps award more points for qually. Could perhaps have something like the top 3 get x amount, next 3 x amount and so on, so there is an incentive for people to push hard in qually and try nab a few extra points.
2. For the longer races, run the standard grid as dictated by qualifying, but for multiple race nights, first race decided by qually and second race reverse grid of first race result.
3. Have a rule that you cant run a lap "x" seconds faster than your qually time to prevent people running slow in qually, then sprinting away in the race itself 2 seconds a lap faster than there qually time. This one is a bit tricky as I know there are some people who jump on with not alot of practice and get faster as the race goes on.
As I say these are just suggestion open for discussion on the qually format. We should keep what we have planned for this series as it has already started, but something could be implemented for future series.
Hopefully these ideas come across as I have them in my head, I'm generally pretty shit at putting ideas across on paper.
Hey,
Been a slow day at work so had some time to think and wanted to raise a point to discuss.
With the qualifying the way it is, what is the incentive for someone to post a fast lap if they know its not going to be fast enough to take pole? The way it is, if I know I'm not going to be fast enough to get pole and take a point, I may as well sandbag and go for a slow time to start at the front of the grid. I think a reverse grid is great for the second race in a two race sprint series like we have in the final two rounds. First race should be qualifying order, and second reverse grid of first race result.
Alternatively, if we keep the way we are running now, perhaps have a few rules to help prevent people driving slow to get a good position. These are just suggestions:
1. Perhaps award more points for qually. Could perhaps have something like the top 3 get x amount, next 3 x amount and so on, so there is an incentive for people to push hard in qually and try nab a few extra points.
2. For the longer races, run the standard grid as dictated by qualifying, but for multiple race nights, first race decided by qually and second race reverse grid of first race result.
3. Have a rule that you cant run a lap "x" seconds faster than your qually time to prevent people running slow in qually, then sprinting away in the race itself 2 seconds a lap faster than there qually time. This one is a bit tricky as I know there are some people who jump on with not alot of practice and get faster as the race goes on.
As I say these are just suggestion open for discussion on the qually format. We should keep what we have planned for this series as it has already started, but something could be implemented for future series.
Hopefully these ideas come across as I have them in my head, I'm generally pretty shit at putting ideas across on paper.